Our founder, Sue Marshall launced a new class at University of California Davis Brewers Masters program on how brewers can be enablers of a circular food supply chain. It was a success! Check it out.
🎉Welcome to Upcycled Food Month! 🎉We are celebrating the innovation of upcycled food across the globe. Every upcycling story is unique, the impacts are universal: upcycled food is a climate solution with important outcomes. Learn more 💚 @upcycled-food-association and explore!
🎉June is Upcycled Food Month soon! 🎉
Did you know there is a whole world of ingredients that stop wasted food? Think: delicious sustainable sidestreams transformed into your favorite products.
💚Follow along to learn how you can chef, snack & sip smarter @upcycledfood
We’re excited to celebrate Upcycled Food Month soon this June!
Upcycled food is about innovation with impact-It’s a global step toward a circular food economy. Join us in building a better food future-one upcycled bite at a time. 🌍💚Eat
Follow along: @upcycled-food-association
Myth: Eggshells are waste.
Reality: They’re functional ingredients.
With the right processing, eggshells can become food-grade calcium and collagen inputs—supporting both nutrition and sustainability goals.
Time to rethink the shell.
What if your favorite beer could help feed people? 🍺➡️🥖
Spent grain is packed with fiber, protein, and essential nutrients—making it an incredible ingredient for breads, snacks, and more.
Upcycling it means turning “waste” into nourishment.
What if one of the richest calcium sources is already in our system?
Eggshells are naturally high in bioavailable calcium & contain eggshell membrane rich in collagen proteins.
This isn’t new science-It’s underutilized potential.
The opportunity isn’t discovery-it’s deployment
Breweries produce millions of tons of spent grain each year—most of it underutilized.
Upcycling spent grain transforms this byproduct into nutrient-rich ingredients, reducing food waste & lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
When we upcycle, we’re redesigning the future of food
Eggshells aren’t waste—they’re overlooked.
Billions of eggs are processed each year, generating massive volumes of shell waste.
At NETZRO, we see something different: a nutrient-dense resource hiding in plain sight. Follow along as we unlock what’s inside the shell.
👉 Compound annual growth rate upcycled food ingredient market as released by FactMr = 5.6%
🌱 It is time to embrace the power of upcycled ingredients – 🌍♻️
Eggshell collagen is a powerful, sustainable alternative with superior functional benefits. It is a high-potential, differentiated ingredient with real advantages across bioactivity, sustainability, consumer relevance, and innovation.
Reduce*Recover*Reharvest
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Stop Food Waste Day is observed on April 29. This global initiative aims to raise awareness about the significant amount of food wasted worldwide. A third of the food produced on Earth goes to waste, either lost or spoiled. What will you do this weekend to reduce food waste?
Big news for the future of food upcycling and sustainable infrastructure. NETZRO and ABS Commercial has entered into an partnership to build our proprietary processing equipment—marking a major step forward in scaling Climate Smart Food Systems. Female CEO girl power!
Upcycled spent grains can be used to create protein crisps and multigrain flakes with protein high fiber content. We are looking for a food brand that can create a seasoning that includes upcycled Kernza grain. Imagine every bite will help heal the soil 💡
Happy Earth Day! 🌱🌍♻️ Did you know that 'upcycled food' has a proper definition? NETZRO is the proprietary technology and equipment that safely captures and converts industrial food byproducts into new upcycled ingredients. We power the upcycled food movement.
Did you know about 95% of the dry eggshell is calcium carbonate weighing 5.5 grams? The average eggshell contains about. 3% phosphorus and . 3% magnesium and traces of sodium, potassium, zinc, manganese, iron and copper.
Upcycled certified food products diverted 1.23 ml tons of food waste according to 2025 Impact Report released by Were Food Comes From. You can be part of helping mother nature by purchasing food certified upcycled today.
The market for using spent grain for human consumption breakdown:
🥖 1 Baked goods🥤 2 Snack foods🥩 3 Plant-based foods🥤4 Beverages
Even though millions of tons of spent grain are produced annually 👉80% still goes to animal feed
Upcycled certified food products sales grew by 21% according to 2025 Impact Report released by Were Food Comes From. You can get UPcycled by purchasing food certified upcycled today.
Global egg production generates 8 ml tons egg shells annually. It's critical to find alternative.
🔥Strategic Insight-The eggshell market is not one market—it’s a value ladder:
Bottom = waste management problem-Top = premium ingredient platform
💡Creates Opportunities-Let's Go!